hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
clarified by any authorities own upending arrest. nonetheless, in the past 2 hours since comp made this claim key republican figures like house speaker kevin mccarthy, south carolina senator lindsey graham, they have all echoed trump accusations. the manhattan da s indictmen is politically motivated speaker mccarthy going eve further. clay meaty he would use hi powers to investigate somethin that has not actually even happen mike pence, a potential 20 202 potential candidate who wa targeted by the mob who storme the capitol on january six als fell in line with a talkin point. he says he does not think that this is what americans want. watch this just feels like politically-charged prosecutio here for my part i just feel like i is just not want the america people want to see i believ that people understand that if they give voice to this, i this occurs on tuesday, that they need to do so peacefull and in a lawful manner the manhattan distric attorney s office, which i i
indictment watch underway in manhattan s new details emerge in georgia when the right hands or comes out, you ll be praised tonight, what the grand jur heard in fulton county and multiple calls between trump election officials and we know that the aggressive behavior and we also know it was unprofessional and unsafe. the moment russian war jets attacked a russian drone, ne concerns about the socia skills of ron desantis and a fresh reminder of th days when a scandal like storm daniels would and politica careers. i spent time with a woman i shouldn t have and i paid her with a check. i wish i hadn t done that. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are officially on indictmen watch as multipl investigations into donald trump reached their fina chapters there has never been a indictment of a former president in american history, and we may be able to find out what it s like when they re. its first manhattan district attorn
heard in fulton county and multiple calls between trump election officials and we know that the aggressive behavior and we also know it was unprofessional and unsafe. the moment russian war jets attacked a russian drone, ne concerns about the socia skills of ron desantis and a fresh reminder of th days when a scandal like storm daniels would and politica careers. i spent time with a woman i shouldn t have and i paid her with a check. i wish i hadn t done that. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are officially on indictmen watch as multipl investigations into donald trump reached their fina chapters there has never been a indictment of a former president in american history, and we may be able to find out what it s like when they re. its first manhattan district attorney s investigation int trump including the hush money payment to stormy daniels. she received 130,000 dolla payment back in 2016, which sh says was to cover
southern district of new york. the former deputy for th criminal division they re grea to have you with us as i was saying with carole, despit everything we know about this, this is only based on donald trump s tweet, or post i shoul say, as of this moment how does what has has happened in the past 24 hours, this announcement, this potential call for protests, going back few days and - trump s lawyer appearing o this network with my colleague ari melber, change, if it all, the calculation above brag i the grand jury which is stil convening tomorrow thank you for having me i would say that as a initia matter there is no reason to put much stock in the timing o the arrest - his spokesperson came out tw hours after and said that he has no direct knowledge of whe any arrests would be happening how does this affect what da brag will do i don t think it really does i think his plans an